affirmative

adjective · noun · interjectionB2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more affirmative

Superlative

most affirmative

1.
pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming
an affirmative answer
2.
pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result
3.
positive
an affirmative vote
4.
Confirmative; ratifying.
an act affirmative of common law
5.
Dogmatic.
6.
(logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
7.
(algebra) positive; not negative

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

affirmatives

1.
Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
That’s an affirmative Houston, the space shuttle has lost the secondary thrusters.
10-4 good buddy. That’s an affirmative—the tractor trailer is in the ditch at the side of the highway.
2.
(grammar) An answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
3.
(obsolete)An assertion.

interjection

1.
Yes.
2.
(especially)(military, especially radio communications) Yes; true; correct.

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Trái nghĩa

negative

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English affirmative, affirmatyve, from Old French affirmatif, from Latin affirmativus, from affirmare (to assert).